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First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other pay in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD and San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other is $59,580 per year in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD. It is $103,240 per year in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD is 42.3% below San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 33-1099 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 450 wage and salary jobs in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD and 370 in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.